Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  On April - 15 death of godwin, Earl of Wessex  

1220  On April - 15 adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on this day in history.  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  On this day in history jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies  

1605  Boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 15.  

1607  On this day in history cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78  

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on April - 15.  

1632  On this day in history death of george Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580)  

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1641  On this day in history death of domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581)  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76  

1754  On this day in history death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682)  

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on this day in history.  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1793  On April - 15 death of ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718)  

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  On April - 15 ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70  

1824  On this day in history theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61  

1853  On April - 15 johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67  

1854  On this day in history death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on April - 15.  

1866  On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on April - 15.  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on April - 15.  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on April - 15.  

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1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  Nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs was born on this day in history.  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.  

1641  Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722) was born on this day in history.  

1646  On April - 15 birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)